The Time is Now

Imagine your life without steel. A kitchen without a cooker or a fridge. A living room without a TV set. Imagine staying in touch with your loved ones without a mobile phone or traveling to see them without a convenient means of transport – bikes, cars, trams, buses, trains. Imagine…

I am writing these words a few days after COP26 has ended. Is it a coincidence? Probably. Had I been given the opportunity to write a newspaper article about the steel industry at any given moment in the past few months, my topic of choice would definitely have been decarbonisation. It needs to be said, however, that the attention of the global audience on the COP26 summit in recent weeks confirmed yet again that the need to decarbonise is an issue which needs to be addressed globally.